“I remember the days of old, I think about all your deeds, I meditate on the works of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Answer me quickly, O Lord; my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit. Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Save me, O Lord, from my enemies; I have fled to you for refuge.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life.” Psalm 143:5:11
I am very blessed to have found a local Catholic Church with scheduled Confessions last evening. Then, in evening prayer, I prayed Psalm 143, and it came so clear.
Following this great Sacrament of Mercy, I am looking to take advantage of the grace God provides. He offers His complete Mercy and a super-abundance of grace in the confessional. It is a gift unlike anything the secular world could even dream to offer. But, I sat during the evening wondering how to unlock more grace and more mercy. I want an Ocean Of Mercy and that unbound grace of God to permeate my soul and life that I may overcome the thrones I struggles against, aka, my sins.
Then, bam! God answers my prayer with Psalm 143.
As I ponder what God has done for me, I see His mighty hand in my life. I stretch out my hand through this Sacrament as my soul is parched in sin. My soul lies dying of thirst for God because of my sins. My spirit is failing. Then, through the graces of the absolution and mercy of His Son in that confessional, my soul is brought back from the pit. But, now how to keep from falling again. I promised in the Act on Contrition with the help of God to avoid sin when I walk out that door. How do I keep from falling again?
‘I put my trust in You. For you You I lift up my soul. I flee to You, my God.”
“Teach me the way I should go….Teach me to do your will.”
The only hope of moving forward, holding on to the grace with which God has overfilled my soul is to draw upon HIS strength and HIS teachings and HIS will that my will may learn. That my spirit may leave of His ways. That my mind and heart may avoid sin by drawing nearer to God.
I flee to You, O Lord, that You may preserve my life.